{"product_id":"9781529422283-portrait-of-the-spy-as-a-young-man","title":"Portrait of the Spy as a Young Man","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA gripping WWII espionage thriller by a former special forces officer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thrilling SOE spy novel by a former special forces officer who is 'poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carr\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eé'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thrilling SOE spy novel by a former special forces officer who is 'poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carr\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eé'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Edward Wilson seems poised to inherit the mantle of John le Carré' \u003ci\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'More   George Smiley than James Bond, Catesby will delight those readers    looking for less blood and more intelligence in their spy thrillers' \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCambridge, 1941. A teenage William Catesby \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eleaves his studies to join the war effort.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParachuted into Occupied France as an SOE officer, he witnesses remarkable feats of bravery during the\u003cbr\u003eFrench Resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet he is also privy to infighting and betrayal - some of the Maquisards are more concerned with controlling the peace than fighting the war. Double agents and informers abound, and with torture a certainty if he is taken, Catesby knows there is no one he can trust.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePassed from safe house to safe house, with the Abwehr on his tail, he is drawn towards Lyon, a city of backstreets and blind alleys. His mission is simple: thwart an act of treachery that could shape the future of France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Edward Wilson's excellent \u003ci\u003ePortrait of the Spy as a \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYoung Man\u003c\/i\u003e draws on his own special forces training'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Engaging . Dynamic . Wilson's fascination is as \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003emuch with how the spy betrays himself as with how\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ehe manipulates others' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePraise for Edward Wilson: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Stylistically sophisticated . Wilson knows how to hold the reader's attention' W.G. Sebald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A reader is really privileged to come across something like this' Alan Sillitoe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'All  too often, amid the glitzy gadgetry of the spy thriller, all the   fast  cars and sexual adventures, we lose sight of the essential    seriousness of what is at stake. John le Carré reminds us, often, and  so  does Edward Wilson' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40138801086561,"sku":"9781529422283","price":9.11,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26760701.jpg?v=1721234872","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529422283-portrait-of-the-spy-as-a-young-man","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}